rshd vs 5.4

hal wrote:
> Trying to connect to my new backup server running 5.4 using rsh fails.
>> It worked well on my old backup server running 4.7 P25.
>> inetd.conf has the /usr/libexec/rshd line un-commented.
>> hosts.allow permits the remote host to connect to rshd.
>> The rsh file in /etc/pam.d has been patched by hand and looks good.
>> The message I am getting after some timeout period is:
>> server.host.name: Connection refused
>> It appears that inetd, which is running by the way, is not starting
> rshd.
>> Can anyone give me a pointer or two to get this thing working?
>> hal
Unfortunately, I don't know the solution for your problem, but I'm
really intersted what's the point in using rshd? SSH is more common and
it is secure. Security is not necessary in a trusted subnet, but sshd
would suffice your needs. And FreeBSD is shipped with a working sshd
configurations, what You have to do is only enabling it in rc.conf.
Cheers,
Gábor Kövesdán